Art and process of preserving eggs



Patented Dec. 16, 1936 I I i v V DELASKA E. sEAwARn, F ,oKtAHoMA orr'Y, okLAnoi/re ART AND PROCESS oririnis navnve Bees No Drawing. 7 Application filed May 31, 192'ajseramo. 282,048i

My invention relates to the process of pre the meat ofthe eggs; all of them have the serving eggs by a treatment of the eggs, orby objection" of admitting either air, or light, 1 a treatment of the containers for the eggs and or both. 3 i the application of such containers on or over i of: the above objections are'obviated by the-eggs. 4 i my invention." 7 .55 The object of my invention is to produce a "Instead of depending solely on the agency new and useful art or process of treating the of excluding the air from contact with the eggs or the containers in which they are kept, shell of the egg, I depend partially on that. which will be new, simple, cheap, easily ap- But it 1s known to those familiarwith the art to plied, easily handled, and useful; which will to whlchmy nvention pertains that the germ, exclude the light from contacting and enter- 9 Q h Causes the spoiling or decaying the egg shell; which will exclude germs ling-of the egg'may en r in he egg shellat d b ifli f t i i t th g or the same time as a'nd with the rays of light; through the containers in which they are It 8211 known that eggs exposed tothe light,

ing the shell and the egg. after treatment hi not soexposed This islikely owing to thereto, or after being encased in the conh g hh ahd'alrformlng a ffl tainer; which will preserve the egg for use b ter-pwp g q f gQ b s approximately i d fi it l which includes a like. ;-It 1s also known by those familiar with kept; which will exclude theair from enter.- heat a will Spoil more q y than 3 t t t t th p t wrappers the art that noliving germ can go through or other suitable containers for the eggs, or to P 5 t? u 31119313311106 P 9P y the eggs themselves; which will render the ediwlthsllvelfiltratetherefore employ a treated eggs easy of handling and shipping; r r of isultabl'e conslstency ld of a size which will prevent decay and spoiling of the 511117511316 e ql s g a wrapplng theusual eggs;which willadd little, orno weight to the gg therewlthrn, and of sufliclent SIZGI for eggs when treated, and enable them to be tWStmg t corner? r f together. cheaply shipped and handled; which will be Sald P PP 'i other t e m 1S efiicient for all of the purposes for'which it treated h a Solutlon 9 sllver filtrate: thus intended keeping out the raysof light and the heat and 7 The means now in use for the claimed pur n s h a f germs a i l 59 1 poses for which my invention is also claimed Any P P r d m y housed; but it have various serious drawbacks, and objec has e follnd Sufficlent 1n actual p fi tions: Some of them require considerable h a solutlon of fmm 'S11Ver Weight to be added, thereby adding to the mt t 9% W BI 1S ample.

. cost of handling andshipping; some of them Thlsjhas the effect Of-turnmg black, 3P-

are hard to be completely andproperly apr p t black, 'l l f and when @P' plied to the egg and necessitate the breaking 'phedptltlrelyexcludes i g and excludes and loss of a larger percentage of the eggs 112mg t bacllh fmm'penetmtmg handled; others require more or less cold 1, ergt i h ap s 9 n storage, and necessitate larger expense there- 16 egg 011160 5 am W g f Iour by, and an additional expense also for the g 3m i g l i t p i additional handling incident to such cold pp yp 6 en S Ben ermgo an 0 a e This will allow the c to be shi ed Storage; some of them requlre burylng of the 251% handled in the usual ma ri ner withou t re- 4 g and keeping them in dark P v quiring cold storage, or the like, and without I both; g havlng Once beer} Sublect tofiold requiring them to be kept in the dark. The

Stor g W thereafter sPol1 more q y treatment may also be applied to the cartons i when withdrawn therefrom; others havethe and other'wrappers used for containers for effect of causing the egg to take up and absorb the eggs, and when so properly treated and odors, and result in producing-a bad taste in used will entirely shut out the light from entering and contacting the egg; and will prevent the decay germ or bacilli from entering alive through the material thus treated with the silver nitrate. I

The prepared and treated paper ready for use may be easily, cheaply and readily shipped to various places for use in pads,

boxes, or the like, and be instantly ready,.for application to the eggs'when fresh and ready for beingtemporarilystored, or stored, for

future use. i While I have described amannerofitreatment and the form of the solution,'I do not Want to be considered asmaking mydescriptionasrestrictive, but as illustrative. I desire-to reserve the right to change the" form and. contents and sizes of the containers, and the proportion of the solution as desired within the scope of my invention Without departing from the spirit or principle of: my in- Vention,-.or sacrificingzany ofthe advantages thereof.

.Having describedthe art and process, I'

claim '1; The art and process ofpreservin'g eggs r in good condition consisting in subjecting suitable Wrappingmaterialto asolutionof f silver nitrate and water, then vpermitting it to Ill) dry, then wrapping'a' suitably sized portion of same around the'egg, then-twisting the light, air, germs. and bacilli. V

J 2. The art and process of preserving eggs in good condition consisting in subjecting suitable Wrapping material toasolution of approximately from 1% 'to'2% silver nitrate,

and'approximately 98% to 99% v vate'r, then permitting said bathed materialto dry,then wrapping a suitably sized portion thereof around an egg, then suitably fastening the corners of said material together for Lpre cluding air, light, germs and bacilli from reaching said egg. 1 a q s '3; The art and process of-preserving'eggs in good condition, consisting in. subjecting suitable containers; therefor to-asolution of silver nitrate and Water, and then suitably packing the eggs therein.

. 4. The art and process of preserving eggs'in good condition, consisting in subjecting'suitable containers therefor to a solution-of from 1% to 2% silver nitrate and from 98% to 99% water, and then suitably packing-the eggs therein.

corners together thereby shutting out'ithe D LiisK E. sE WARD; 

